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I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully formed.
I just thought that Adrienne [Shelly] wrote a great character [for Waitress]. It really was all on the page.
If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.
I'm always perversely attracted to characters that seem one thing, but are ultimately revealed as another...
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity.
People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.
Showing the addiction and unusual sexual practices are ways of just outlining a much bigger character trait.
If you wanna do a film where you have a big scope, you've got to make your characters relatable and genuine.
If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex.
I don't make fun of my characters. I just like to laugh and I think people are funny and the world is funny.
If we are the sum of everything that happens to us, to limit a person's experience is to limit their growth.
If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'.
I think there's a bit of me in every character. Basically it just depends on what happens with the character.
Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.
It's never very useful to see your character as a villain. You have to play them the way they see themselves.
It's not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character.
Working with Dario [Argento] was a lot of fun. He's a larger-than-life character, and with an Italian accent.
Our politics suffers from a shortage of people who put character and country before career and personal gain.
But I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is.
You really try to work the character out and spend time in the headspace of the character. That's what I did.
Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the word, anytime you let her rip.
Cinderella is not only an iconic character when it comes to beauty, grace and fairytale love, but also shoes.
The annihilation of a woman's personality, individuality, will, character, is prerequisite to male sexuality.
I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
I’m infinitely more involved in the reality of the characters and their situation than I am in everyday life.
I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal
You get to know more of the character of a man in a round of golf than in six months of political experience.
Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy.
I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested.
I'm really attracted to strong women. Let me rephrase that, I'm really attracted to strong female characters.
I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.
It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another.
When I'm [playing] a character, I can look at it and know it's not me and not be concerned with how it looks.
I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to come up with characters that are not me.
I usually read a script from an audience perspective first, and then look more closely at the character only.
It's kind of fun when you're playing characters that aren't quite on the up and up and people still like you.
If you don't drink coffee, I am suspicious of your character and will not invite you to my Italian lake home.
Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian.
I don't really think it matters if you go into stage or TV as long as you do a bit of character work, really.
The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
I'd rather play an ass-kicking destroyer or a super strong spy or agent than some meek, vulnerable character.
Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.
I really like 'This Side of Paradise' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I think it's a cool description of a character.
The challenge is creating a character that's rich and interesting to warrant following for a number of years.
Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.
The car is a character in the piece - I've never liked the car, I submitted to it's objectionable popularity.
Good characters the reader cares about combined with an intriguing plot. Do those two and you've got it made.
What's best for business is just continue to have an entertaining product with great, interesting characters.
What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.